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FIGURE 1. ~ Philosophy of the Paradox
The line drawing does not appear to be an exact rendering of the one on the right, which appears rather genuine. Let us assume that it was actually constructed as if a staff grew upward, wound into a tight spiral, then continued downwards to another spiral BELOW the first one, and culminated in a second staff downwards, in line with the axis of the first.
Complicated, yes, but symbolic of the miracle of Life? Some theories:
1. "An entity grows up, enters the 'circles-within-circles' of adult life, then gives an offshoot to another entity, that continues the pattern".
2. "The Staff growing upwards is God. The tightly wound spiral on top of that staff is the complex nature of God. The curve coming down is God's power, or nature, and it culminates in another spiral, a loose one (the living entity's limited intellect). From this drops another shaft-the entity himself. It could signify God's descent into man, or man's ascent into Superman.
Quo Vadis? The dilemma now arises as to which direction the script is written in. The above example may be excluded as too complex, but a pattern is nonetheless needed to progress further.
That it is written from above downwards may be suggested by the "Word" having descended from Oekon. More on this later...
A page written in such a script must therefore be read as a series of columns, like a newspaper. Whether the columns are read left to right or right to left would depend on whether the author was right or left-handed. To aid understanding direction, the document may be flagged at both ends by special punctuation marks, just as replicating strands of DNA are flagged as 3' -> 5'.
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FIGURE 2. ~ Further thoughts:
The horizontal bar that cuts the axis at the 2b-spiral could represent the beginning of a new word. We take this clue from the cartouche symbols each of which sport this horizontal bar.
Why not a separate axis? Possibly this 2b word is associated but not actually linked to 2a.
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FIGURES 3 AND 4. ~ Some thoughts:
The symbol 4a could represent a trademark icon like TM.
Symbols 4b/3a seems identical to 2b. Symbols 4c/3b are unique. Symbols 4d/3c appear similar to Fig A (see next pic) with some blurring at low resolution
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Figures A, B, C are derived from a page from a book on Vulcans, shown by Spock in ST:DS9. (Courtesy Mr. Rob Zook)
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No doubt the label seems odd, maybe even ridiculous to our human minds. But for Vulcans, it might very well make perfect sense. After all, we can only loosely translate Vulcan ideas into Terran equivalents. Even if we were to ignore my attempt at connecting the symbols on the label with those shown by Spock on ST:DS9 as being related to some ritual/ceremony, we do have a tentative written script for TGV. Your suggestions are welcome, and appropriate changes will be made after discussion.
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